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Those of you who buy wine online, where do you buy it from?
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I’m looking for places where I can get some cases, maybe at a discount price? I’m new to all this so I have no idea what I’m saying but any help would be appreciated!
Top Comment: JJ Buckley - https://www.jjbuckley.com Wine Exchange - https://www.winex.com K&L - https://klwines.com And sometimes something decent will be on Last Bottle, so I get some wine there too. I live in California, so sometimes I get it shipped and sometimes I pick it up from some of these places. I also have a Total Wine a few miles away.
Buying wine online…
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Right now we are buying the majority of our wine from our local liquor store and FirstLeaf. What online stores are you all using? What sites do you highly recommend?
Top Comment: I get a lot from K&L Wines ( https://www.klwines.com ), but also various other online stores. Wine Searcher ( https://www.wine-searcher.com ) is your friend in finding good prices on bottles and various options for stores.
Who’s your go to online wine store?
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I use last bottle and WTSO daily. Are there any others out there that you like or recommend? I prefer ones that do free shipping after 4-6 bottles
Top Comment: For free shipping like that, FirstBottleWines and WineAccess are great. These two also offer referral credit for first time customers, which you can DM me for if you're interested. Others I love are JJ Buckley (but get on the private client list), KL Wines (get on the insiders list, unless you're just buying from auctions), Wine Exchange, Woodland Hills Wine Company, and Benchmark Wine (for older wine).
How to buy wine
Main Post: How to buy wine
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It comes with experience, we all started not knowing much about wine.
Pick a bottle, go home, drink it, you can like it or not ( don’t worry it’s ok), google the wine, see what grape it is made from.
Go back to the store and ask recommendation with that information, either it’ll be different or similar, do that again and again.
Also if there’s a wine bar in your area, it is a good place to taste wines without having to open a whole bottle.
Guide To Buying Wine?
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I'm not new to drinks pertaining alcohol, but I'm not pro who knows any mixes for shots, I just buy a drink and drink it. That's just my experience with drinking alcohol. I've drank wine before and I enjoyed it, it wasn't strong like liquor, and taste foamy and get bloated like beer. Don't hate me for my opinion, it doesn't mean I hate liquor and beer, I don't mind drinking it.
Just wanted to get a small picture of the type of person I am, alright well on to the point of the post. So I've been thinking of buying different wines for the taste, not so much to get drunk...well maybe 50% of me wants to get drunk lol but yeah I have no clue if there's like something I should look for in buying wine. You know how people online argue, "American beer taste like piss," blahblah you know? Is there certain wine to stay away from? Well I'm just going to buy a few bottles and see how good they're. :)
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If you're interested in trying nicer wines, I would try to find a local wine shop with good staff and ask for recommendations. The problem with wine (as opposed to beer or spirits) is that there are not only a lot of factors that go into a good bottle, but there is a seemingly infinite number of producers. Two wineries that are in the same area making the same grape could make wildly different wines.
You can certainly get more of a feel for it with time, practice, and education. But, if that doesn't interest you (or if you just want to start drinking while you learn), get some help from an experienced wine shop associate.
Also, if you live near a wine bar or wineries, going for tasting flights is a time and cost efficient way to try a lot at once.
On a final note:
You know how people online argue, "American beer taste like piss,"
Anyone who says this has absolutely no idea what they are talking about. The US has been the global leader in creative, high-quality craft beer for over a decade, and it's pretty common knowledge. Even the Europeans are playing catch-up.
What’s the best way to buy wine online?
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I’ve been looking online to try to buy a couple of wines I like by the case, but mostly I’ve just seen wine subscription clubs. Has anyone had luck buying wine by the case on a particular website? I live in a rural area in the US and haven’t found anywhere near me where I can buy wine in bulk. Thanks!
Top Comment: Wine searcher has been the best way to source bottles locally for me by far. They don’t actually sell you the wine, it’s just a price comparison platform plugged into local retailers. Easily allows you to check ratings and compare prices across retailers and across vintages I live in a big metro so there is a good range of retailers on the platform. Always get a better deal there than by going to any other online platform.
Where do you buy your good wine from?
Main Post: Where do you buy your good wine from?
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Where do you buy wine online?
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Just out of curiousity, do you all have a favorite site where you get the best wine/value on wine?
Is it wine.com, vivino, wineaccess.com, somewhere else? I'm always hunting for good wine sites. Thanks!
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If you are US based, sign up to K&L insider advantage. My other tip, head over to the Wine Berserker forum and find the discount thread. They post plenty of 20off50, 50off150 and 100off300 codes there for wine.com. That together with Rakuten or RetailMeNot cashback of 10% or more will net you a decent discount.
Best site for wine delivery? : r/wine
Main Post: Best site for wine delivery? : r/wine
Anyone Buying Wine as a Serious Investment?
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I'm not talking about sketchy apps or a few bottles in your wine fridge. I'm talking about 5-6 figures with the intention of selling in 5-10 years. Using professional storage facilities, paperwork trail, etc. I'm seriously thinking of diversifying and using my industry knowledge to buy and sell top wines and I'm looking to talk with others in the same space.
Top Comment: Works best if you do this in the UK where you can buy in bond. Also, while I know people trade commodities and whatnot all the time, can I just say that I hate the idea of wine as a speculative investment? Like, great, now on top of the growing number of millionaires competing for Burgundy and classified Bordeaux, I have to compete with people who don’t even want to drink the stuff. Thanks, capitalism, for sucking the joy out of one more thing.
Buying wine online: Looking for hints and advice for first buy
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So I’ve discovered after 40 years of drinking wine that my palate and best experiences come from drinking recommend bottles through Wine Spectator or Wine Enthusiast magazines. I’m basically a points snob. My problem is that these wines are hard to find outside of major metro areas like NYC (currently in Tampa). I shop ABC, Total Wine, and B-21 but they only carry a couple of the 90+ WS and WE wines that I like (under $60).
So far, I’ve looked at wine.com, wine-searcher.com, downloaded the Vivino app, and looked at one or two online nyc shops. I am not really interested in subscription boxes.
My major frustration is that to get the wines I want, I need to order from multiple stores, which adds up fast. And shipping costs make that difficult.
So what’s the secret? Am I being naive? Or do I need to modify my expectations? Or something else?
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Have you checked out LastBottle? A couple times a week they’ll offer bottles with high WE and WS scores and they have free shipping depending on the quantity you purchase.